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title: "6 Political Resistance Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Burma - and let me be clear, it's also known as Myanmar - and the reason a lot of Burmese and Burmese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-wagner/burma-and-let-me-be-clear-it-s-also-known-as-myanmar-and-the-reason-a/)

[Alex Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-wagner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/alex-wagner-11624_burma_burma-and-let-me-be-clear-it-s-also-know_11533.jpg)

> [Women are foils to men in South Korea. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-hyesoon/women-are-foils-to-men-in-south-korea-it-is-hard-for-women-to-take-a/)

[Kim Hyesoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-hyesoon/)

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> [For those of us who can't be active on the front lines - and this will be most of us - our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lierre-keith/for-those-of-us-who-can-t-be-active-on-the-front-lines-and-this-will/)

[Lierre Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lierre-keith/)

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> [Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-hyesoon/women-are-foils-to-men-it-is-hard-for-women-to-take-a-lead-role-even/)

[Kim Hyesoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-hyesoon/)

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> [“What I'm saying is simply that every totalitarian society, no matter how strict, has had its underground. In fact, two undergrounds. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/what-i-m-saying-is-simply-that-every-totalitarian-society-no-matter/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/tom-robbins-169_human-spirit_what-i-m-saying-is-simply-that-every-tot_2597646.jpg)

> [“Genuine political resistance, to be effective, has to be more creative than simply using lethal weapons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-cobb-jr/genuine-political-resistance-to-be-effective-has-to-be-more-creative/)

[Charles E. Cobb Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-cobb-jr/)

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